Today I have to write about somebody I know, a person who has given mi a good example to follow. I have been thinking a lot about this, I think there are a lot of persons I admire, but there is one person I met some years ago that I think is a good example to follow. His name is Dr. Ricardo Asturias Valenzuela. He is the medical director of the Sociedad Protectora del Niño, He is like 90 years old, He has been the medical director of this place for more than 60 years. He started working there, as a volunteer, when he just graduated from medical school. He has been dedicating almost ol of his life to this place. Sociedad Protectora del Niño facilitates the work of mothers who work to build a better present and a future.

In 1920, it was a dream, which became a reality that will make it easier for many women workers.
These are the nurseries of the Sociedad Protectora del niño, an organization which to date reaches more than 3,500 children daily. Given special care, food, education and medical care to contribute to their physical, mental and emotional.

The Sociedad Protectora del niño is a private, social, educational, nonprofit, or religious and apolitical, which essentially seeks cooperation and assistance to poor families in the care, protection, education and welfare of children.

The child shall enjoy special protection and opportunities and provide service at, all protected by law and by other means, to enable him to develop physically, mentally, morally, spiritually and socially in a healthy and normal, and in conditions of freedom and dignity. To enact legislation to this end, the key consideration is the child's best interest.

Also, it offers social care for families, early stimulation for all the kids who receive the services, pre-school education, tutoring, physiological guidance, parental school, nutrition programs, health program.

I admire Dr. Asturias Valenzuela because even today he works there day after day and works very hard to keep this place open. I know a lot about the Sociedad Protectora del Niño because my mom goes once a week to make social work there. She has told me about all the effort they have to do to get money to maintain these kids. They are always thinking of new ways to maintain this place open. Sometimes I had visited one of the houses they have where they take care of these kids, all the kids are happy to be there, they are treated with love and they take good care of them. Dr. Asturias thinks that this kids are the future of Guatemala, and we have to give our kids good values and principles in order to get good citizens. He fights for the rights of these kids, because for them is very difficult to get the money to keep these houses open.

Dr. Asturias, as other people there, works in Sociedad Protectora del Niño as a volunteer, and he had dedicated more than 60 years to these kids. I admire what he does there, and I know that they are doing a great job, because they are helping to take care of the kid whose parents can not pay a private institution and they have to go to their jobs and they do not have where to live their kids.

They take care of kids from 20 days old to 7 years old. They have different groups according their age, they have doctors, teachers, physiologist, dentist, etc. they give the kids the best and they does not have to pay for this service.

To get the money to keep this places open, they receive donations, they make once a year a dinner to get funds, they make two raffles a year and they make a lot of different activities to continue giving this service.

If somebody is interested in helping this organization, I write the link here of their page in the internet, where we can learn more about it. The link is http://www.spn.org.gt/index.php.

It is important that organizations like this continue working and people like Dr. Ricardo Asturias continue giving his time to help others.